City of St. Louis Benzene Lawsuit

Lawyers in the city of St. Louis, Missouri are filing lawsuits for people with cancer who were exposed to benzene. This toxic chemical is hard to avoid in many jobs, but especially mechanics and railroad workers.

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The Schmidt Firm, PLLC is currently accepting benzene induced injury cases in all 50 states. If you or somebody you know has been diagnosed with cancer, you should contact our lawyers immediately for a free case consultation. Please use the form below to contact our Defective Drug Litigation Group or call toll free 24 hours a day at (866) 920-0753.

St. Louis Benzene Lawsuits

St. Louis is a city known for fast jury trials and big verdicts. One of the biggest was in May 2016, when a jury in St. Louis Circuit Court ordered Monsanto to pay $47 million to 3 people with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma from exposure to PCBs. A growing number of lawsuits have also recently filed by people with lymphoma from benzene.

Wood River Benzene Lawsuits

Lawyers in St. Louis have filed lawsuits for people who were exposed to benzene and other cancer-causing chemicals that were released from the Wood River Refinery in Roxana, Illinois.

One lawsuit was filed by Jack Brown, a man who grew up in Wood River from 1968-1986. He worked as a mechanic and a bus driver for the Roxana School District since 1992. He was diagnosed with leukemia after decades of exposure to benzene — Case No. 11-L-1008.

Lawyers in St. Louis filed another wrongful death lawsuit on behalf of Derrick Dean Coffman, a man who died of Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML). He was exposed to benzene from Wood River refineries between 1999-2004 — Case No. 12-L-2083.

Other Benzene Exposure Pathways

People who live near oil refineries or factories can also be exposed to benzene, especially if it has contaminated drinking water or the environment. Low levels of benzene have even been found in soft drinks that contain benzoate salts as a preservative.

The City of St. Louis, Missouri Information

The city of St. Louis, Missouri (population 320,000) is located on the west side of the Mississippi river. It is home to the Gateway Arch, an iconic 630-ft. arch built in the 1960s to honor the westward expansion of America.

Other top tourist attractions in St. Louis are its many barbecue restaurants, piano blues music, Cardinals baseball, and Anheuser-Busch beer brewery. St. Louis hosted the first Olympics in the U.S. and it was where 7-Up and ice cream cones were invented.

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